Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-07

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THE Ohio State Teachers Association
hold their next annual meeting in June
A ROCHESTER baby has two tongues
-aHd somebody proceeds Immediately
to bet that its girl.
THE detailed exhibit of the receipts
and expenditures of the city Of Bellaire
occupies over page of Wednesday s
Independent.
THF contract for hni;diDg AZ addi'
tional track from Newark to GAINESVILLE
on thR B & o has been let, and work
will AZ once commence.
THE nailers have secured enough boys
20 operate all the self-ferdIng machines
lin the BelIaire nail works factory and
that ministry is now running in full
ard the strike is over.
JACK BRooME and "Slug" Craig got
into a fight al HansoU's saloon, Martin S
Ferry, Saturday night. and Bronmr was
pretty badly used up, Cra'g mti g 4
mOuthful out of one of his eyebrows.
TIE barn of Nj Wm Crnsky, the well
known fine sheep man, of Green town
-hip Harrison county. WAS blown down
Ov the storm week brfore last Two
huDdred sheep were in fhe barn. all of
which escaped except about twenty
which we're killed
CHARLEY BLAKENEr. telegraph oppr-
ator at the B. z & G office at RrllaIre.
Who left last week To accept similar
/ raS. hioSnnri II nd
to his old post Monday. He got over
the western fever in seventeen hours
and thirty-six minutes.
BISHOP WARREN. of the Methodist
| Episcopal church. does not believe in
gentle preaching TO rich sinners. He
says there are some pastors who 60 at
in this style: Brethren. you must re-
peUt, as il were. and be converted. in a
measure, or you will be damned, to
some extent"
Col. DAVID RANKIN one of Bellaire's
active business men was iD town Satur-
day. for the special purpose of gazing
upon the fine Kentucky horses of Mr..
II Close. The Colonel will visit
Grand Island, Neb., this week, where be
has large interests, and where steady
boom is raging.
THE A. o. H, of Bellaire, has issued
a challenge to the A. o. H of Ben wood,
Martins Ferry and Bridgeport, to con-
test for grand Irish flag, the proceeds
to go to St. Johns fair of 1887. The
different divisions are about evenly
matched and it will be hotly fought
contest.
C. G. LINGO, of Goshen township, who
has been one of the guards at the peni
Tertiary, Columbu since the change of
administration in that institution. was
discharged on Saturday, in accordance
with the resolution of the board Of man-
ayers to reduce the force of guards Mr..
Lingo. leaves the Institution with a
splendid record as an efficient officer.
IT Is predicted that the "Star of Beth
Iehem" will appear this year for the
sixth time since the birth of Christ.
This star is said to appear directly north
of the North Star and to be visible, in
its dazzling light. at MONDAY. 1t is a
solar orb, many times the magnitude of
our sun. whose orbit is yet uDcalculated
by any astronomer.
An old lady named Miller, was struck
by the west bound afternoon accoDmo-
dalton, on Saturday, about nile west
of Warnock's station, and had one arm
broken aud was badly bruised about the
face and head. She was standing on
the track engaged in little war OF
words with party named Harris and
WAS SO excited that she failed to see the
approaching train.
NOTICE TO ASSESSORS.
The Assessors of the respective townships,
precincts and wards, elected on the first Mon
day of April 1887 are hereby notified te meet
at the Auditors Office in St. Clairsville, on
TUESDAY, APRIL 18th 1887, for the purpose of
receiving their books, blanks and instructions
for making assessment of personal property
for the ensuing year.
D. Il. DARRAH, Auditor
A MEETING of wool growers WAS held
at Armstrong; Mills, on Monday ewes
Our townsman Mr.. J II Close was press
ent and addressed the meeting. explain
ing the inequalities in ihe tariff as
recently construed bv the treasury
department. A township organization
was effected with the following named
gentleman for officers: Pres, T. Arm
strong; vice president. J Clithers; treas,
John r Taylor; sect'y, T W Armstrong
FoR the relief and cure of the inflammation
and congention called a cold inc heatl' there
is more potency in Ely's Cream Balm than in
anything else it is possible TO prescribe. This
preparation has for years past been making
brilliant success as remedy for cold in the
head, catarrh and hay fever; used in the initial
stages of these complaints Cream Balm pre-
vents any serious developement Of the symp-
tom while almost lumberless cases are on
record of radical cures of chronic catarrh and
hay fever after all other modes of treatment
have proved Of no avail. 7>2t
THE following advice which an ex-
change volunteers is timely: "The time
is now coming when farmers will be
harassed almost to death by venders of
patent churns, washing machines, pats
ent fence, potato diggers, hay forks.
lightningrOd men-a vast army as it
were-who are trying to live by their
wits. We should say to farmers that all
of these conveniences desirable can be
bad of reliable local dealers, that it is
vastly better to deal with these than
with strangers, and would especially
warn them to beware of things of
doubtful utility"
A CAULIFLowER which is not only
earlier than any yet introduced. but
which has more solid beads, and better
still, which has leaves growing closely
over the head thus protecting it from
heat and wind, must indeed be desira,
hle vegetable. Such, 1t is claimed, is
Vick's Ideal Gaulifiower introduced by
James Wick, Seedman, Rochester, n. Y,
last year. At the same time, this cele-
brated house introduced Vick's Early
Scarlet Globe Radish,th he flavor of which
is the miidest, while the radish itself is
both crisp, juicy and tender. and will
stand great amount of heat without
becoming pithy. We know what Vick's
seeds are, and therefore do not hesitate
to recommend our customers to send 10
cents for VIck's Floral Guide, which
amount may be deducted from the first